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House Democrats raised $6.1M last month

The campaign committee working to elect House Democrats outraised its Republican counterpart by $1.7 million in January , figures released Tuesday show. Officials with the Democratic Congressional Campaign

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The campaign committee working to elect House Democrats outraised its Republican counterpart by $1.7 million in January, figures released Tuesday show.

Officials with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said the $6.1 million they collected last month marked its biggest January haul. The DCCC also ended the month with more cash reserves than the National Republican Congressional Committee, stockpiling $4.6 million to the Republicans' $2.8 million.

Despite the strong fundraising, Democrats started this month with $12.6 million in debt. The NRCC had $11 million in unpaid bills.

House Democrats are in the minority and need a net gain of 18 seats to win control of the chamber in next year's midterm congressional elections. In a memo sent to House Democrats last week, DCCC Chairman Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., said the party was in better financial position for the 2014 election cycle than it had been in 2012 or in 2010 when it lost the majority.

In addition, Israel argued that President Obama is "all-in" for House Democrats after focusing his energy and campaign dollars on his own re-election in 2012. Obama already has promised to appear at eight events for House candidates, and Vice President Biden also will stump for Democrats, Israel said in the memo.

The campaign numbers were released ahead of a Wednesday deadline for political parties to file monthly campaign-finance reports with the Federal Election Commission.